01 February 2005

a reading & more

fans of Series Magritte will want to seek out the DVD "Mark Young in Conversation with Martin Edmond."

last summer Young sat at a table across from Edmond at University of Auckland. the video begins with the poet reading abt lizards & owls. Edmond nudges Young from time to time but the one pushing the cart is clearly Young. he reads what he wants to & when   reveals what he wishes to abt his life & art. we get an indelible image of the young Young playing Bach on a harmonica. that lost music returns as key poems flow thru this production.

at just under 39 minutes it ends much too soon but I know where it is & can return when I need to.

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